Why New Year’s Resolutions are not often met and what it takes to achieve them
Behind the selfie: How social media can be a cry for help
Instagram posts can be a humble brag or a way to capture a memory. But other times, they’re a cry for help. Assistant Director of Community Prevention and Intervention Services Dr. Hannah Roberts said that even though social media can…
Can we really connect?
Student distress is on the rise. According to a 2014 study by the American College Health Association, almost half of students reported feeling hopeless within the last 12 months of that year. Cal Poly counselors say this mirrors what they…
Put a ring on it: Being married in college
Students hustled to class with packages of scantrons. Students Alex and Ransom Cutshall hustled to the hospital.
Cal Poly, community health experts meet on underage drinking
A May 14 forum addressed issues of underage drinking.
Battling depression, he found someone to talk to
Logan Cooper is talking, as he sits on a desk crowded with turntables, mics and a mixing board inside KCPR, Cal Poly’s radio station.
Welcome to The College Culture
“Rage.”
It’s one of few words spoken between scenes of chugging, stumbling and fist pumps displayed in Cal Poly’s College Culture video posted this January.
Fighting the stigma of suicide
Students can make themselves available and knowledgeable for their peers and allow them to see the choices that are at hand.
One is one too many
Most Cal Poly students can tell you the story of Carson Starkey. They’ll tell you he was a Cal Poly student lost to alcohol poisoning in 2008. His story is retold every year in hopes of raising awareness about alcohol poisoning and looking out for fellow students.
Suicide awareness event rescheduled after student tragedy
Jessica Burger Originally planned for Friday, a nationwide traveling suicide awareness exhibit of 1,100 backpacks donned with personal stories has been cancelled in light of the student death near campus Wednesday. Cal Poly Health and Counseling Services, in collaboration with…
Got the whiskey blues? Try something new
For Cal Poly students, the signs of problematic drinking don’t have to do with drinking every day or drinking in the morning, Mary Peracca, a Cal Poly drug and alcohol counselor of 12 years, said.